Disinfecting device.



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DISINFECTING DEVICE.

(Application Mod Apr. 8, 1898.)

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL N. HITCHCOCK, on MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

DISINFECTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o 634,109, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed April 6, 1898l Serial No. 676,616. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it, mrtg/concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL N. HITCHCOCK,

a citizen of theUnited States of America, and

a resident of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Evaporatin g and Distributing Perfumes, Disinfectants, andv other Volatile Liquids, of which the following is a specication.

The objectof my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive apparatus which will be edective inevaporating. and distributing liquid perfumes, disinfectant-s, and other fluids, and also in discharging a regular sup- 1 5 ply of the same in liquid form, and which will further admit of the regulation of the quantity of the duid consumed by evaporation and discharge inliquid form at will.

. To these ends my invention consists in the zo combination, with an exterior casing, of an interior removable reservoir, a removable pan at the end thereof, an evaporating-wick adj ustable on the exterior of the reservoir, and a Siphon-wick and supporting-tubes and devices therefor adapted to discharge iiuid from' the pan and to regulate the discharge thereof, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter, `and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which'illus- 3o trate my invention, Figure l is a sectional view of a perfume and disinfectant distribu ting apparatus embodying Iny'improvements. Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view of the reservoir, the pan, and the Siphon-wick and its devices. Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view ofthe adjustable Siphon-tubes.

The outer casing A is preferably of cylinits bottom.' A tube E of suitable length andv diameter projects from the bottom of the casing. j

F represents the reservoir, which is prefer'- ably -of cylindrical form and has its upper end closed', as at G, and its lower end open, a

slight opening H being made in its lower edge In g-wick K is placed on the outside of the said cylinder or reservoir and is movable thereon.

A pan L is placed under the bottom of the reservoir` andv is lof ,suitable depth and of a diameter somewhat exceeding that of the reservoir, and pivoted or otherwise suitably attached to the sides ofthe pan are a pair of hooks or hook-arms M, which are vadapted to engage the eyes I on the reservoir, and thereby secure the pan thereto.

A pair of tubes N O are arranged vertically in the pan at one side thereof and secured thereto, the lower end of the tube N being at a slight distance above the bottom of the pan and the lower end of the tube 0 extending through the bottom of the pan,as shown, and adapted to register with the upper end of the tube E', vwhich depends from the casing. A standard or plate P of suitable height and width projects upward from the bottom of the pan on the inner sides of the tubes N O, and a'siphon-wick R extends through the said tubes, one end of the said wick being located at or about the bottom of the pan, and the other end thereof projecting below the pan and into the tube E in such a position as to supply drops of fluid to the said tube. A pair of tubes SV are adjustable telescopically in the tubes N O and serve to support the Siphonwick at any desired adjustment.

v Y. To charge the apparatus, the reservoir and the pan are removed from the casing, the pan detached from the reservoir, and the latter upturned and iilled with the perfume or disiufecting fluid. The pan is then secured on the open end of the reservoir by the hooks and eyes, and the reservoir is then quickly inverted and placed, together with the pan, in the casing in the position shown. A portion of the fluid will escape from the casing into the pan, partiallylling the latter, and the said iiuid will be maintained in the said pan while the reservoir is charged at the same level at all times by atmospheric pressure, as will be 'readily understood. The lower end of the wick K being partially immersed in the fluid will absorb the latter by capillary actionand will diffuse the same by evaporation,tl1e openings in the casing admitting of the free passage of air therethrough.y The wiel; being IOO movable vertically on the reservoir may be so adjusted with relation to the column of yfluid. in the pan as to diffuse more or less of it by evaporation, as may be desired. The inner end of the Siphon-Wick being also immersed inthe column of fluid in the pan the said Siphon-wick becomes charged with fluid by capillary action and will supply the iiuid drop by drop to the tube E, which may be of such length as may be necessary to convey the Huid to any desired place or receptacle which it is desired to disinfect or perfume. By adjustingr the siphon-Wick in the tubes N O the action of the siphon may be increased or diminished at will, so as to regulate the quantity of fluid discharged from the reservoir.

Having thus described my invention, I claimyl. The combination with the exterior casing of the interior removable reservoir, the removable pan at the lower yend thereof, the evaporating-wick on the exterior of the reservoir, and the Siphon-Wick and telescoping supporting-tubes, all combined and arranged to operate, sullstantially as described.

2. The combination in apparatus for evaporating and distributing,` perfumes, disinfect-r ants and other liquids, of the exterior casing, the pan adapted to be located in the lower end thereof, and having the tubes N, O, substantially as described; said tubes being adapted for the reception of a Siphon-Wick; the reservoir, having one end closed and one end open, and adapted exteriorly for the evapcrating-Wick and devices, substantially as set forth, to secure the open end of the` reservoir in the pan, all arranged and combined to operate, substantially as described.

In apparatus for evaporating and distributing perfumes, disinfectants and other liquids, the combination of the pan or receptacle L, and the telescoping tubes and siphon- Wick, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

In rtestimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL N. HITCHCOCK. Witnesses:

SAM WOLF, JOHN LEVY. 

